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Six people have now resigned from the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS (PACHA). In the five months President Trump has been in office, no replacement for this website has been added. Additionally, President Trump has not appointed anyone to represent the White House Office of National AIDS Policy. And on the day Trump took office, the administration removed the Office of National AIDS Policy website. He notes that more than 40% of people living with HIV receive care through Medicaid, and such cuts would be detrimental to them.

30 Percent of Trump HIV Advisory Council Just Resigned

They did not wait for President Trump to say, "You're fired"– they just quit this week. One of those that resigned this week is Scott Schoettes, Counsel and HIV Project Director at Lambda Legal. According to Newsweek, Scott A. Schoettes, Lucy Bradley-Springer, Gina Brown, Ulysses W. Burley III, Michelle Ogle, and Grissel Granados resigned from the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS on June 13. The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS lost 6 members this week. I'm not even sure the Secretary of Health and Human Services knows the administration has this council.


"The Trump Administration Has No Strategy"Advertisement Become a patron of breaking LGBTQ news Chip in $4 goSix members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) resigned this week, citing Donald Trump's lack of interest or strategy to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic. To facebook/" target="_blank">comment on this article and other NCRM content, visit our Facebook page. Screenshot via The White House Scott A. Schoettes, Lucy Bradley-Springer, Gina Brown, Ulysses W. Burley III, Michelle Ogle, and Grissel Granados all resigned from PACHA on June 13th, a decision that Schoettes, the Counsel and HIV Project Director at Lambda Legal, detailed in an editorial for Newsweek. "As advocates for people living with HIV, we have dedicated our lives to combatting this disease," Schoettes wrote, "and no longer feel we can do so effectively within the confines of an advisory body to a president who simply does not care."Created in 1995, PACHA exists to provide advice, information and recommendations regarding programs, policies and research to promote effective treatment, prevention and cure of HIV and AIDS.


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